BIG POTATOES

Nico Macdonald will be speaking at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Conference Intelligent London on 15 May, at the Bloomberg Auditorium in central London, presenting a Bright Ideas talk promoting the role of creative technologists.
Intelligent London aims to present snapshot views of London, ‘looking in a non-Olympic, non-Jubilee way at this magnificent city’, with sessions on ‘Creative [...]

In Doing it the German way (Guardian, 31 December) Jonathan Glancey argues that the British economy is built on flimsy and unreliable foundations and Britain should be making more things:
At its best, the making of things is an all-absorbing activity. It seems odd to have so many people in Britain making things purely as [...]

The Prime Minister’s recent proposal for an “east London tech city” (River Lea shapes up as Silicon Valley, Financial Times, November 4) connecting the Olympic Park and Shoreditch is really an information-technology-and-a-bit-of-greentech city. But ‘technology’ is much broader that this. Unfortunately most of it lacks the media cachet and public buy-in of Twitter, Facebook and [...]

Two of the BIG POTATOES authors, Norman Lewis and James Woudhuysen, are taking part in the forthcoming Future City keynote debates, which are the core of the Mayor’s Story of London Festival and take place at the British Library Conference Centre 4–8 October. The Story of London Festival takes place 1–10 October and is on the theme [...]

On Thursday 8 July BIG POTATOES, in partnership with spiked and in association with Epoch, is taking part in the debate Beyond the iPad: What IT and telecoms could do for innovation, productivity and the economy in central London.
The debate starts from the observation that  IT and telecoms are two of society’s greatest tools for advancement, and not just [...]

We have been developing a number of workgroups involving BIG POTATOES supporters and others serious about determining the landscape of, and issues around, contemporary innovation. The first workgroups – Information Technology, and Energy – have met, and further information about them will be posted on on the Research page.
The Arts, Cities and Transport, Design, and Medicine workgroups [...]

As announced at our Election event, we have been developing a number of Workgroups in which we want to engage BIG POTATOES supporters and others serious about determining the landscape of, and issues around, contemporary innovation. The first Workgroups – Information technology, Energy, and The Arts – have now been planned and further information can be found one our Research [...]